FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Upland Sandpiper in Fauquier Cty, Thompson WMA warblers

["Andy Rabin" <andyrabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At about 9:45 or so this morning there was an Upland Sandpiper on the north 
side of Harrison Rd in Fauquier County. To get there, take Rte 66 to the Old 
Tavern Exit, go south a quarter mile or so and make a right onto Harrison Rd. 
The bird was in the first field on the right (where Sue Heath reported the 
Bobolinks a few days ago, that I couldn't find this morning). Go to the end of 
the field, where there is a fence that separates the field from the pasture 
where the pond is. The sandpiper was walking near the fence and on the mound 
that makes up the western end of the field.
Before finding this bird, I went to Thompson WMA, which was alive with plenty 
of singing birds. I walked along the Trillium Trail, which is close to the 
first parking area on Freezeland Rd after it becomes an unpaved road. I heard 
and got great looks at Cerulean, Hooded and Worm-eating Warblers, American 
Redstarts, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Scarlet Tanagers. I heard a Kentucky 
Warbler but it never appeared out of the understory. A Common Raven called from 
the top of the trail.

Andy Rabin
Reston, VA

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